Eddie Roundy
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 19, 1891 Fairfield, Maine, U.S. |
| Died | July 14, 1954 (aged 62) Waterville, Maine, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Baseball | |
| 1911–1914 | St. Lawrence |
| Football | |
| 1912–1913 | St. Lawrence |
| Basketball | |
| 1912–1914 | St. Lawrence |
| Positions | Quarterback (football) Catcher (baseball) Guard (basketball) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1915–1917 | St. Lawrence |
| 1919 | Kents Hill School |
| 1920–1922 | Hampden–Sydney |
| 1924–1936 | Colby |
| Basketball | |
| 1915–1917 | St. Lawrence |
| 1919–1920 | Kents Hill School |
| 1920–1923 | Hampden–Sydney |
| 1937–1942 | Colby |
| 1944–1946 | Colby |
| Baseball | |
| 1916–1917 | St. Lawrence |
| 1925–1942 | Colby |
| 1944 | Colby |
| 1946–1953 | Colby |
| Ice hockey | |
| 1924–1929 | Colby |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1920–1923 | Hampden–Sydney |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 12–33 (basketball) 7–19–3 (ice hockey) |
Edward Cilley Roundy (December 19, 1891 – July 14, 1954) was an American football, basketball, baseball, and ice hockey coach. He served as the head football coach at St. Lawrence University in 1917, Hampden–Sydney College from 1920 to 1922, and Colby College from 1924 to 1936.
Athletics
Roundy was raised in Portland, Maine and attended St. Lawrence College in Canton, New York, where he lettered in four sports (football, baseball, basketball, and track).[1] He played quarterback for St. Lawrence's football team and guard for the basketball team. In baseball, he was a catcher and served as team captain his senior season.[2] After graduating, he spent one year as vice principal and athletic director at Canton High School.[1]
Coaching
In 1915, Roundy returned to St. Lawrence as athletics coach.[1] During World War I, he was a lieutenant in the United States Army Sanitary Corps. In 1919, he became the athletic director at Kents Hill School in Kents Hill, Maine.[3] From 1920 to 1923, Roundy coached at Hampden–Sydney College. He compiled a 12–13–1 record in football and a 12–33 record in basketball.[4][5]
After a year away from coaching, Roundy returned to his native Maine as the head football and baseball coach at Colby College.[6] That winter, he was also appointed coach of the hockey team, succeeding Euclid Helie, a French professor who had coached the team on a voluntary basis.[7] In 1929, his assistant, Bill Millett, took over the hockey team. In 13 seasons under Roundy, Colby's football teams went 38–48–5, including a 17–20–2 record against their in-state rivals. Following the 1936 season, athletic director Gilbert Loebs removed Roundy as football coach, but allowed him to remain as varsity baseball and freshman basketball coach.[8] In 1937, basketball was made a varsity sport and Roundy served as the Mules' inaugural coach.[9] His basketball teams won four Maine Intercollegiate Athletic Association titles. During World War II, Roundy reentered the Army. He served as a lieutenant in the military police before being promoted to captain in the Special Services and given charge of athletic recreation at Fort Dix. He resumed his coaching duties at Colby in November 1944.[10] In 1946, illness forced him to step down as basketball coach.[11] He continued to coach the Mules baseball team until he suffered a heart attack at the start of the 1954 season.[12]
Other work
Roundy was a longtime racing steward at Scarborough Downs. In 1949, he was appointed police commissioner of Waterville, Maine.[12] Roundy died on July 14, 1954, at the age of 62, of a heart attack at home in Waterville.[13]
Head coaching record
Ice hockey
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colby Independent (1924–1929) | |||||||||
| 1924–25 | Colby | 0–4–0 | |||||||
| 1925–26 | Colby | 1–4–1 | |||||||
| 1926–27 | Colby | 3–4–0 | |||||||
| 1927–28 | Colby | 3–3–1 | |||||||
| 1928–29 | Colby | 0–4–1 | |||||||
| Colby: | 7–19–3 | ||||||||
| Total: | 7–19–3 | ||||||||
References
- ^ a b c "E. C. Roundy Engaged To Coach Athletics". Hill News. June 12, 1915. Retrieved February 4, 2026.
- ^ "Roundy Wins Star". Hill News. May 18, 1914. Retrieved February 4, 2026.
- ^ "Survey Of Sports". The Lewiston Daily Sun. August 7, 1919. Retrieved February 4, 2026.
- ^ "Hampden-Sydney Football Year-by-year Results" (PDF). Hampden-Sydney College Athletics. Retrieved February 4, 2026.
- ^ "Head Coaching Records". Hampden-Sydney College. Retrieved February 4, 2026.
- ^ "Roundy Elected to Coach Colby Nine and Grid Team". The Lewiston Daily Sun. June 25, 1924. Retrieved February 4, 2026.
- ^ "Eddie Round Coach Of Colby Hockey Team; Takes Place Prof. Helie". The Lewiston Daily Sun. December 4, 1924. Retrieved February 4, 2026.
- ^ "Vic Hanson Turns Thumbs Down On Colby". The Lewiston Daily Sun. December 30, 1936. Retrieved February 4, 2026.
- ^ "Christening Of Colby Hoopsters After New Year's". The Lewiston Daily Sun. December 14, 1937. Retrieved February 4, 2026.
- ^ "Colby Coach Returns From Army Duty". Lewiston Evening Journal. November 22, 1944. Retrieved February 4, 2026.
- ^ "Bill Millett To Coach Mules For Rest Of Season". The Lewiston Daily Sun. January 3, 1946. Retrieved February 3, 2026.
- ^ a b "Edward C. Roundy Dies; Colby College Coach For 30 Years". Lewiston Evening Journal. July 14, 1954. Retrieved February 4, 2026.
- ^ "Ed Roundy, 62, Long Time Coach At Colby, Dies". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. Associated Press. July 15, 1954. p. 16. Retrieved September 12, 2018 – via Newspapers.com
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